All rooms are in apartments located within Copenhagen, and roommate(s) are generally between 18 and 27 years of age. Apartments come in all sizes, but note that apartments in Europe tend to be smaller than in the U.S., often with limited communal space.

Rented Room Highlights

Get to know one of the city’s neighborhoods and live like a young local

As our most independent housing option, you’ll take charge of your own schedule, meals, and social life

Application Information

As part of your Rented Room application, you must write letters to both the DIS Host Team as well as your potential host. If you are placed in this housing option, DIS can only match you compatibly if you write honestly and carefully. DIS will use your housing comments as well as your registration information to make the best fit possible.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q / Who will I live with while living in a Rented Room?

A / Your roommate signed up to rent out one of their rooms to an international student and will thus serve as your landlord. It may be a single person, a young couple, or a collection of several roommates. They could be Danish or international. However, we require that they know Copenhagen and speak Danish as well as English.

DIS staff have visited the apartment and interviewed the residents to make sure the room is furnished and lives up to DIS standards.

Q / Will I live with people of the same sex?

A / We usually match you with someone of the same sex. However, we sometimes match you with someone of another sex if we think it will be the most compatible arrangement. In this case, we will always ask for your consent before finalizing the match.

Q / Why do locals rent out rooms to DIS students?

A / There are many different reasons, but most likely because they…

Have a room they need to occupy (housing prices in Copenhagen can be expensive, thus they must fill their rooms to meet the rent each month)

Appreciate collaborating with a trustworthy organization such as DIS, who is in charge of coordinating the logistics

Renting out a room to a foreign student can be a learning opportunity, and a way to expand an international network

Want to improve their English

Q / How can I expect to interact with my roommate?

A / Interaction can vary greatly per placement. Your roommate may be a student or have a full-time job, which means they may not be home during weekdays. Your roommate could also be in a relationship and often at their partner’s place.

Regardless of whom you live with, your roommate is required to do the following:

Pick you up on your official Arrival Day during the designated hours

Share a welcome meal with you

Inform you about Copenhagen’s public transportation and suggest ways to get to and from DIS

Show you around the local neighborhood

Inform you about the opportunities for cultural activities, sport activities, and library facilities

Q / Will I have equal say in regards to discussions about the apartment?

A / Living with another person in an apartment requires that both of you are good at listening and talking to one another. However, at the end of the day, you are the temporary guest and your roommate is the landlord, who lives in the flat permanently, so they have the last word.

Q / Will my roommate(s) speak English?

A / Yes, all roommates speak and understand English, but for the grand majority, Danish is their mother tongue.